That is a true Buffet clarinet, not a stencil. The name of the music house was only marked on the bell. An example of this is the Carl Fischer Buffet clarinet. Buffet briefly branded a few of their Buffet top of the line R13 clarinets with the names of large music houses in the USA. So, for example, Evette-Schaeffer is a model name produced by Buffet. The top three French clarinet makers- Buffet, Selmer, and Noblet, and now we can add Japan's Yamaha, for the most part have only made different models, not stencil clarinets. Most stencil clarinet names were only marketed for a year or two, and often were sold only in one particular market (USA, or Europe), whereas model names are widely marketed year after year. Model names that include the manufacturer's name will often be the top of the line or flagship line of that company. The model names would more likely be registered trademark names. I don't consider such model names to be stencils. Couesnon also sold their own model names (such as the Couesnon Monopole ). I think the most prolific maker of differently-named clarinets of the early period was Couesnon. Thibouville made stencil clarinets (such as the René Dumont ), but they also sold their own model names (like the Thibouville Masson Harmonie ). Many stencil clarinets were given obviously French names, because such names sold better. I think most of those were not actually marketed by the artists themselves. Some stencil clarinets are named after famous French clarinetists. That would be a special category of French stencil clarinets. In my experience, those are usually good quality clarinets, because there was a relationship that was being maintained between the manufacturer and the store. A few larger music instrument retailers in the USA from 1930s and 40s would order instruments with their store name as the name on the clarinet, such as the Peate's Uttica NY. A stencil ‘branding’ is a temporarily expedient name, not a registered trademark, and nor is it a model name. So what is a ‘stencil’ clarinet? Here's my definition: A stencil clarinet is a clarinet that is stamped with any old name that the maker feels might help market the clarinet. Wide bore models work well for jazz or for polka or dixieland bands.
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(Klezmer clarinetists, polka and folk music artists, and some jazz players (especially in Europe) prefer Albert system clarinets.) And if you want a professional level instrument, you want one of the newer poly-cylindrical bore instruments that date from the late 1960s to the present. Unless you live in European countries like Switzerland or Germany, you want a modern Boehm system clarinet. Fourteen keyed Albert system and antique clarinets with fewer keys are significantly harder to play, and the volume of tone is not what modern players want. Please find the model you are searching for under the Site Map, below in the left column.Ĭlarinets made in the 20th century are not like violins, where a vintage instrument may be worth millions.